A Conversation with Tom Durkin

Horse racing fans around Saratoga Springs will have an opportunity to say goodbye to track announcer Tom Durkin three days before he retires.

Durkin, who has called races for the New York Racing Association since 1990, will give a talk about his career starting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Saratoga Springs History Museum in Congress Park.

“A Conversation with Tom Durkin” is free and open to the public. It is presented by the museum and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Michael Veitch, a member of the Hall of Fame’s Board of Trustees, will interview Durkin. The voice of NYRA tracks is calling his last race at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 31. Churchill Downs track announcer Larry Collmus will succeed Durkin.